July 21, 201015 yr I am thinking of buying a 1984 GL I want to get a 2, 4 or 6 inch lift on it. My friend is gonna give me his 31 inch tires... But I wanna know what kinda costs Im looking at... Much appreciated
July 21, 201015 yr http://www.sjrlift.com these guys can help you. or, if youre welder savvy.........buy some tubing and get to work. dont forget to drop the diff if you lift Rob Edited July 21, 201015 yr by Subruise link
July 26, 201015 yr I recomend against 31" tires unless you plan on spending a LOT more time and money on gearing solutions. I ran 29" TSL/SXs that measured a bit over 30 on my '81 and it was a dog getting up some hills without longer than comfortable running start. My suggestion is try to find differant tires, and get tires to fit your lift, not build your lift to fit your tires. If I were to do it again I'd only go about 4" and try to get a least half of that through some suspension modification instead of all from body lift/blocks, get some super skinny 27s or 28s, somewhere around 7-8.5 wide and weld the rear diff, convert to spfi or drop in an ej25 with ej22 heads on it... list continues for a bit....
July 26, 201015 yr Author Well thank you Trevor Its your 84 Im buying Lol. I ordered Tranny mounts today, should be here Tuesday at the latest (the 3rd) and that way we can put them on the Subaru. Im thinking 4 inch lift and 27 or 29s would make most sense, probably 27s would give me most clearance right?
July 30, 201015 yr Author Well I do want a 4 inch lift. Thats final Undecided about 27 or 29 inch tires. I want my lift to have springy-ness to it, so I dont mess anything up, so should it be partly a suspension lift too, not just body blocks?
July 31, 201015 yr Author 4inch suspension 4 inch body got to keep everything like stock or you ruin axles Wait What you mean keep it all stock? Like no lift?
July 31, 201015 yr stock geometry , on a EA81 I would keep stock axle stress , on a EA82 you can go 1" over without issues , 2" on the front if you really want
July 31, 201015 yr you will use all your stock running gear with 4" blocks between your body and running gear, so your ride will feel pretty much stock......... search through some of the threads of 4" lifts and that will give you an Idea how its done............. Jeff
July 31, 201015 yr Author Ohhh Thank you Lol. So I see mudding videos where in the description, they say "oh and you hear the axle snap" Is it super easy to snap an axle? Im new to the whole wheeling idea, and I dont wanna kill myself, or my Subaru
July 31, 201015 yr Ohhh Thank you Lol. So I see mudding videos where in the description, they say "oh and you hear the axle snap" Is it super easy to snap an axle? Im new to the whole wheeling idea, and I dont wanna kill myself, or my Subaru It the Gen2s the Bells kinda like to blow up if you are wheeling them hard enough, GD has a good write up about how to build EA82 belled axles with the EA81 shafts, it pretty easy, but then you get to the next weak link, the Axle stubs in the rear end, they like to break if you are throttle happy, but they are also a pretty easy fix............ As you build your car you will get to know it, you'll figure things out pretty fast as they break, because it will......................... Jeff
July 31, 201015 yr Also, I wouldn't go to much bigger than a 30" tire, you will kill the hell out of your clutch, I have 30's on mine and I still have to slip the clutch in places, unless you want to get real good at swapping out the clutch I would stay around a 30" tire thats more than enough, with the 4 speed its just hard on them, I've gone through 3 trans's in my 82 Brat, just figure on loosing 3rd gear real quick and then blowing up reverse so it doesnt ever work again. Of couse it depends on how hard you Wheel it too, I put my rigs about through the max............... Jeff
July 31, 201015 yr Author Also, I wouldn't go to much bigger than a 30" tire, you will kill the hell out of your clutch, I have 30's on mine and I still have to slip the clutch in places, unless you want to get real good at swapping out the clutch I would stay around a 30" tire thats more than enough, with the 4 speed its just hard on them, I've gone through 3 trans's in my 82 Brat, just figure on loosing 3rd gear real quick and then blowing up reverse so it doesnt ever work again. Of couse it depends on how hard you Wheel it too, I put my rigs about through the max............... Jeff Im sure when I get into it, I will wheel them hard, to keep up with my friends soon to be lifted 91 pathfinder and my other friends jeep... But for now, Im going to be gentle, stock height and everything, day after I buy it (thursday) its going wheeling haha I decided like a 27 inch tire will work? I mean, bigger = more expensive, so Id prefer to keep the cost low.
July 31, 201015 yr I decided like a 27 inch tire will work? I mean, bigger = more expensive, so Id prefer to keep the cost low. If you go bigger it can also be cheaper in a way. http://www.treadwright.com/shopnow/product/tabid/61/productid/8/sename/23575r15-crawler-mt-c.aspx they are 29", only 60 bucks a pop, and aggressive as hell. yea they are retreads but check out some reviews out there (moab jeeper has good info) and you will see they are pretty darn good. I plan to run them on my Brat. -Andy
August 1, 201015 yr Author Ill have to pick up a set:banana: Showed my friend with the pathfinder, when his 27s die he will get 29s
August 4, 201015 yr I have fit 27's comfortably under a stock height 86 hatch with some fender cutting... If I am runnin a 4 inch on a 84 wag id cut the fenders a little bit and run 29's... You get most of your ground clearance from bigger tires and if your going to try to be keeping up with jeeps that's what i would do... the price difference is next to nothing from 27's to 29's.... I run 30's on a 88 with a 2 inch and cut fenders and it works like a charm....
August 4, 201015 yr Author I have fit 27's comfortably under a stock height 86 hatch with some fender cutting... If I am runnin a 4 inch on a 84 wag id cut the fenders a little bit and run 29's... You get most of your ground clearance from bigger tires and if your going to try to be keeping up with jeeps that's what i would do... the price difference is next to nothing from 27's to 29's.... I run 30's on a 88 with a 2 inch and cut fenders and it works like a charm.... In that case, I will go with 29"s Will it be too much drag on my clutch though?
August 4, 201015 yr Na your Clutch can handle 29's... There's a bunch of guys runnin 30's out there with not to many clutch problems... Just make sure your not slipping it though or it will go out faster than you blink....
August 4, 201015 yr I run 30's on a 88 with a 2 inch and cut fenders and it works like a charm.... I cut about 2 1/2" of fender out the the front and rear, but that neither here nor there............. Jeff
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